Choir Trip 2026 Christ Church Greenwich

Day One of Christ Church Greenwich Choir Trip 2026
Written by Eric S. Brenner, Music Administrator 

Thanks so much to everyone for helping us get off to such a smooth start (and fifteen minutes ahead of schedule!).

We made excellent time to JFK, received pretty spectacular service at group check-in, made it through security and to our gate in plenty of time, sang for a nice lady who saw our choir shirts, watched a little futball (ten goals?!), switched gates, slight delay for boarding...

...And as we approached the gate attendants, it was hard not to notice the sky had darkened to a rather lovely and ominous purple gray. We took our seats, giddy to have gotten out just in time, taxied a bit, and then the announcements began - always too loud, thanking us for our patience (which I've always found a bit presumptuous), and promising...more announcements...soon.

Somewhat less than four hours later those of us who were still awake voiced a hearty & not-at-all-sarcastic cheer as we finally lifted off.

And here again, I want to thank everyone for being and nurturing the sort of humans who could weather this frustrating & exhausting time with such grace, humor, patience, & kindness. 

(On a personal note, we landed at just after 0600 est, which by my (patently incorrect) calculation, meant we were over an hour AHEAD of schedule - because, what even is time?)

Now we're on the bus to York, with an eta of approximately supper time & tentative plans for a scavenger hunt & a world cup viewing party. The weather is absolutely lovely (though the plants clearly need some watering), the kids are having a ball, & I'm really quite curious to see what time we all fall asleep tonight - & wake up in the morning.